This company is here to make money. - Anonymous employee Symetra Employee Review

3.0
Aug 27, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are good. Pay is competitive in my experience.

Cons

The leadership values EPS and ROE, not people. CEO takes some pride in the fact that he "doesn't read management books." Long-term planning is just numbers and wishing, not real planning. There isn't a focus on what we do well. It's just "grow and bring in more profitable business." The word customer does not come up very often in management discussions.

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